Box Score  
Matt Palo scored a career-high 21 points to help the Mountain Cats build a 28-point second half lead on their way to a lopsided 83-61 PSAC victory over Seton Hill University, Saturday evening in the Sports Center.  Pitt-Johnstown improved to 4-3 overall and evened its record in conference-play at 2-2.
 
Pitt-Johnstown raced out to a12-point lead seven minutes into the game.  A.J. Leahey's 3-pointer gave the Mountain Cats a double-digit lead.  Ajan Smith then scored in the paint at 12:47 to put Pitt-Johnstown in front 20-12.
 
Seton Hill tried to get back in it and narrowed the gap to 29-21 on a Noah Davis lay-up and free-throw, but it was all Pitt-Johnstown the rest of the half.
 
The Mountain Cats outscored the Griffins 13-6 over the final seven minutes to build a 15-point halftime lead.  Two of Palo's 11 first half points extended it to 16 points, before Leahey followed with another 3-pointer to give Pitt-Johnstown its largest lead of the half at 42-25 with 2:05 left.
 
Seton Hill got a pair of free-throws from David Winsor with under a minute to play to cut it to 42-27 at the break.
 
Palo's basket four minutes into the second half matched Pitt-Johnstown largest lead of the first half of 17, and Ian Vescovi extended it to 21 at 55-34 with 14 minutes to play.
 
After Nebojsa Stanojevic's bucket at 11 minutes got the Griffins to within 16, the Mountain Cats quickly rebuilt it 20 23 at 66-43 on a driving lay-up from Rasaun Mosley and a 3-pointer from Jake Laravie.
 
Pitt-Johnstown's lead ballooned to as many as 28 on two Dale Clancy free-throws at 3:42, before the Mountain Cats cruised to the 22-point win.
 
Palo's 21 points on 10-14 shooting and five rebounds led four Mountain Cats who scored in double figures.  Clancy and Leahey each scored 11 points, and Vescovi scored 10 points.  Pitt-Johnstown also got seven points from Laravie and six from Mosley.
 
Pitt-Johnstown shot 58.6% (34-48), including 61% in the second half.  The Mountain Cats were also 6-13 from behind the 3-point line and 9-14 from the free-throw line.  Seton Hill shot 50% from the floor, 4-9 from 3-point range, and 15-25 from the charity stripe.
 
Davis led Seton Hill with points, while Trevor Blondin and Winsor each scored 10 points for the Griffins, who dropped to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the PSAC.
 
The Mountain Cats will break for Finals Week then host a non-conference game against Carlow University on Saturday at 2 p.m.  Pitt-Johnstown will then host PSAC Crossover doubleheaders with the Lady Cats Cats against Lock Haven University on December 16 and Bloomsburg University on December 17.  Both doubleheaders will tip-off at 5:30 p.m. in the Sports Center.